Improvement in faint-fails



CHARLES R. CTIS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

team Patent No. 102,308, camz April 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT-PAILS.

I The Schedule referred to in' these Letters Patent and making part of the sama To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES R. Oris, of Chicago, in theco'nnty of Cook aud State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Paint-Fail; and I do hereby declare the following 'to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure -1 is a longitudinal Vertical section of my improved paint-pail, and

Figure 2, a perspective viewef the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

My invention has for its object to improve the con.- struction of sheet-metal cans, more particularly those in which white lead `and other paints are packed for shipment o r transportation, whereby, when the pure lead or other paint is removed from the can or pail, the latter shall be suciently strong to form a pot or pailvto contain the paint mixed and ready for use.

Sheet-metal paintcans have heretofore been made only with aview to transportation in original sealed packages, and when unsealed and the paint removed, the thin sheet metal alone does not possess sufficient rigidity to permit the use of the can as a paint-,pail orpot. l

v My invention consists, first, in the combination, with the can,'of a strengthening-wire or band, placed around the can near the top, either upon the outer or inner side, and secured irmly in place by being soldered into a groove formed in the can.

It also consists of a sheet-metal can, strengthened as above mentioned, Ahaving its top or cover applied to the body in the, manner hereinafter described. p

In the accompanying drawings- A is the body, and B the bottom of can or paint-pail.

" Near its top is formed a circumferential groove, in

a sheet-metal the inside of the can, in which case the groove formed in the body A would be reversed.

D D are ears affixed to the sides of the body A, and to which the handle or bail E is attached to form a pail.

In order to secure the top or cover G to the body,

.the upper edge H of the latter is bent outward at right angles, or nearly so, as shown in fig. 1.

The edge I of the cover is also turned over at an angle and iitted upon the' edge H of the body. The two are then united together to form a close joint by bending` the edge I of the cover down upon the edge 4Izl by any suitable means.

By this construction the can in the most simple and expeditious manner.4

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-v ters Patent, is l l. The strengthening-wire o r band C, in combination with the. body A of a sheet-metall can or pail, substantially as herein 'shown and described, for the purpose specified. K

2. The sheet-metal paint-pail or can, constructed as described, with the. strengthening-wire C, bail E, and cover G united to the body bythe bent edges H I, substantially as herein shown and described. y

CHARLES R. OTIS. Witnesses:

D. J. POWERS, WM. C. FARWELL,

cover is attached 'to the i 

